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Table 1 Baseline clinical characteristics of study population

From: Malaria and haematologic parameters of pupils at different altitudes along the slope of Mount Cameroon: a cross-sectional study

Variables

 

Mean

SD

Median

Interquartile range

N

Age (years)

 

8.26

2.2

8.8

4

15

728

Age groups (years)

≤ 6

5.5

0.7

6

4

6

145

 

7-10

8.7

1.1

9

7

10

443

 

>10

11.8

1

11

11

15

140

Temperature (°C)

 

37.2

0.4

37.3

35.5

39.1

728

Haemoglobin (g/dl)

 

11.84

1.4

11.9

5.6

16.3

726

Parasitaemia/μl blood

 

2262.6

15578.8

230

18

220000

246

MCV (fl)

 

82.8

9.02

83.4

52.8

105.6

726

WBsC × 109/L

 

6

2.2

5.9

1.2

17.8

725

Variables

   

n

 

%

Sex

 

Male

 

348

 

47.8

  

Female

 

380

 

52.2

Asymptomatic malaria

   

158

 

64.2

Anaemia (Hb <11g/dl)

   

144

 

19.8

Leucopaenia (WBC < .4.5 × 109/L)

   

169

 

23.3

Microcytosis

   

110

 

15.2

Hypochromasia

   

389

 

53.7